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Galadriel's Lament

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No.	Quenya	Tengwar	Means
1	Namárië - Altariëllo nainië Lóriëndessë	    	Farewell - Galadriel's Lament in Lórien
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3	Ai! Laurië lantar lassi súrinen,	     	Ah! Like gold fall the leaves in the wind,
4	Yéni únótimë ve rámar aldaron!	    	long years numberless as the wings of trees!
5	Yéni ve lintë yuldar avániër	    	The years have passed like swift draughts
6	Mi oromardi lissë-miruvóreva	  	of the sweet mead in lofty halls beyond the West,
7	Andúnë pella, Vardo tellumar	    	beneath the blue vaults of Varda
8	Nu luini yassen tintilar i eleni	     	wherein the stars tremble
9	Ómaryo airetári-lírinen.	  	in the song of her voice, holy and queenly.
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11	Sí man i yulma nin enquantuva?	     	Who now shall refill the cup for me?
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13	An sí Tintallë Varda oiolossëo	    	For now the Kindler, Varda, the Queen of the Stars,
14	Ve fanyar máryat elentari ortanë	    	from Mount Everwhite has uplifted her hands like clouds,
15	Ar ilyë tiër undulávë lumbulë;	    ;	and all paths are drowned deep in shadow;
16	Ar Sindanóriëllo caita mornië	   	and out of a grey country darkness lies
17	i falmalinnar imbë met ar hísië	     	on the foaming waves between us,
18	Untúpa calaciryo miri oialë.	    	and mist covers the jewels of Calacirya for ever.
19	Sí vanwa ná, rómello vanwa, Valimar!	       	Now lost, lost to those from the East is Valimar!
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21	Namárië! Nai hiruvalyë Valimar,	    	Farewell! Maybe thou shalt find Valimar,
22	Nai elyë hiruva. Namárië!	    	Maybe even thou shalt find it. Farewell!

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